Joseph Smith–History Insight #12 Based on the extant documentary record, and by his own admission, Joseph Smith was at first reluctant to tell others about his First Vision.

Joseph Smith–History Insight #11 In the canonized account of the First Vision, Joseph Smith remembered confiding in a Methodist minister and received a stinging rebuke.1 Some few days

Joseph Smith–History Insight #10 In the various accounts of the First Vision left behind by Joseph Smith, the appearance of Jesus Christ, alongside God the Father, takes center

Joseph Smith–History Insight #9 In the canonical 1838–39 account of the First Vision, Joseph Smith identified “two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above [him]

Joseph Smith–History Insight #8 When Latter-day Saints tell the story of the First Vision today, they frequently emphasize Joseph Smith’s age when he entered the grove of trees

Joseph Smith–History Insight #7 Joseph Smith remembered the time leading up to his First Vision as a period of intense personal struggle trying to decide which church, if

Joseph Smith–History Insight #6 During his lifetime, Joseph Smith provided four firsthand accounts of his First Vision.1 These primary accounts serve as the foundation for understanding the Prophet’s

Joseph Smith–History Insight #5 In 1842, as Nauvoo, Illinois was growing rapidly and Joseph Smith was gaining more notoriety on a national level, a Chicago newspaperman named John